National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Pleasure

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.3/10 for Pleasure). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 48m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2021). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012 VS Pleasure posterPleasure2021
National Theatre Live: AntigonePleasure
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 6.3/10
Year20122021
Length1h 32m1h 48m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorPolly FindlayNinja Thyberg
Main castAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie WhittakerSofia Kappel, Zelda Morrison, Tee Reel, Evelyn Claire, Chris Cock

Synopsis

National Theatre Live: Antigone

In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political…

Pleasure

19 year old Linnéa leaves her small town in Sweden and heads for Los Angeles with the aim of becoming the world's next big porn star, but the road to her goal turns out to be bumpier than she imagined.

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